The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-11-12
SOME OF THE CALLERS.

it said that If l had attended to nv
duty the suicides might have beer
prevented.
SOME OF THE CALLERS.
The first of those to arrive wa:
Mrs. Engel. There was sort o.
scared expression on her poor. worr
face, and she moved about in a nerv
GUS manner, as though she could
scarcely realize that the last slender
thread of hope had broken. Sh,
brought basket of toothsome edi
bles for her husband, and Jailel
Folsie took q chair from the ofIic,
and carried it out to the cage ant
| placed it for her near the bars
Lingg's aunt and young lady cousin
and one Of his fair admirers cam,
next. They were all downcast, will
traces of tears on their cheeks, bu
they had not been talking to tn,
reckless bomb maker five minutes
before they were all laughing, ant
their mirth sounded strangely incon
gruous with the feelings of most O
those present.
Frank Bielefedt, of the Arbeite,
Zeitusg, accompanied by a reporte
for the same paper, came next
Shortly afterward Spies two broth
ers, Chris and Ferdinand, were ad
mitted, and they were followed by
their mother, who seemed to feel he
sorrow deeply.
Mrs. Parsons and her two littl,
children came, and with them lady
who is interested in the work of tn,
Amnesty Association. Every one O.
the prisoners had the semblance. al
least, of positively cheerful spirits
Mr.. Bielefeldt, after leaving the
Jail, said: at is useless to ask these
men to sign the petition to the Gov
ernor for their lives. l have just
been talking to them and they laugh
at the idea"
A SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT.
A significant incident of the day
had its scene at police headquarters
The moment word of the decision
was received all the detectives in
the building disappeared with sur.
prising suddenness. AS to what
district or places they we're assigned
their superiors were non committal
when asked. 1t is known, however
that for some days the men have had
sealed instructions to act as soon az
the decision was received. 1--WE will
not be caught mapping" was all the
the officials would say. Besides the
regular force the detective depart
ment has been largely reinforced
from the outlying stations. Just
what precautions will be or have
been taken to prevent any outbreak
the officials decline to say.
PREPARING FOR THE EXECUTION.
1t is known that preparations art
going on for the execution. The
ropes have been ordered from ar
Eastern firm for some time and will
be thoroughly tested before being
sent on here An additional scat
fold will have to be built, and prep.
arations were being made for this
to-day. At present there are two OF
these dark instruments of death
lying in the basement of the criminal
court building, but they will not ac
commodate over five. The new one
will be made very much like the one
on which three Italian murderers
were hanged some time ago. but will
it is stated, contain some slight i'm
provements as to the traps.
Already the morbidly curious Of
Chicago as well as outside points
have been sending in requests fol
tickets to get in the Jail on the 18th
inst. Letters by the score are arriv
ing daily from provincial journalists
who desire to secure ticket SO they
can have representative on hand
They will all be doomed to disap-
pointment. If the hanging takes
place ON the 18th inst, there will be
only a few persons present. The
sheriff will adhere strictly to the law
laid down in such cases, and no, one
except the representatives of the city
papers, the press association, mem
bers of the jury and the attorneys
will be allowed to be present.